Lectionary 2138 Explained

Lectionary 2138 designed by sigla ℓ 2138 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on 260 paper leaves (20.0 cm by 27.2 cm).^[1]

Description

The text is written in two columns per page, in 26 lines per page.

The codex contains Lessons from the four Gospels lectionary (Evangelistarium). It was written in 1627 in Wallachia, by a scribe named Loukas Buzau.

History

The codex was purchased by Kenneth Willis Clark. Currently it is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 39) at Durham.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament lectionaries
• Biblical manuscripts
• Textual criticism

References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 350.

Further reading

• Duke University, Library Notes 51 and (1985), 57.

External links

• Lectionary 2138 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
• Lectionary 2138 at the Duke University